for the hamlet in Dorset see Marshalsea, Dorset

Marshalsea was a debtor's prison in Southwark, London best known for being the place where Charles Dickens's father was imprisoned for debt and as the central location in Dickens's book Little Dorrit.

Originally the prison of the Marshalsea Court, it is not known when the original prison was built but it must have been before 1381 as it is known that it was attacked during the Peasants' Revolt. In the 18th century, the prison was in disrepair and was demolished to be rebuilt nearby. It was finally demolished in 1849.

Marshalsea Inmates

• Edmund Bonner
• Henry Chettle
• Richard Cox
• John Dickens - Father of Charles Dickens
• John Eliot
• Nicholas Grimald
• Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
• Ben Jonson
• George Morland
• John Selden
• Ralph Sherwin
• Robert Wingfield
• George Wither

External links

• Article on the remains of Marshalsea

Former buildings and structures of London | Defunct prisons | Charles Dickens | Prisons in London

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